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v1.7.6

5 days ago

Fixes 🪲

v1.7.5

1 week ago

After a security flaw has been discovered in the implementation of http2, it’s possible for an attacker to slow down your instance; see this link for more information.

This PR updates our web stack to the latest version containing a fix against this attack.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/compare/v1.7.4...v1.7.5

v1.7.4

2 weeks ago

Fixes 🪲

Thanks @curquiza for the report :heart:

v1.7.3

3 weeks ago

This new release doesn’t contain any fixes or features. We make it only because the release-v1.7.2 had an issue and didn’t contain all the required assets (Linux, macOS, and Windows x86 binaries were missing).

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/compare/v1.7.2...v1.7.3

v1.7.2

3 weeks ago

What's Changed

Some assets weren’t built correctly, but the docker image is available.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/compare/v1.7.1...v1.7.2

v1.7.1

1 month ago

Indexing Speed Improvement 🏇

v1.7.0

1 month ago

Meilisearch v1.7.0 focuses on improving v1.6.0 features, indexing speed and hybrid search.

🧰 All official Meilisearch integrations (including SDKs, clients, and other tools) are compatible with this Meilisearch release. Integration deployment happens between 4 to 48 hours after a new version becomes available.

Some SDKs might not include all new features—consult the project repository for detailed information. Is a feature you need missing from your chosen SDK? Create an issue letting us know you need it, or, for open-source karma points, open a PR implementing it (we'll love you for that ❤️).

New features and improvements 🔥

Improved AI-powered search — Experimental

To activate AI-powered search, set vectorStore to true in the /experimental-features route. Consult the Meilisearch documentation for more information.

🗣️ This is an experimental feature and we need your help to improve it! Share your thoughts and feedback on this GitHub discussion.

New OpenAI embedding models

When configuring OpenAI embedders), you can now specify two new models:

  • text-embedding-3-small with a default dimension of 1536.
  • text-embedding-3-large with a default dimension of 3072.

These new models are cheaper and improve search result relevancy.

Custom OpenAI model dimensions

You can configure dimensions for sources using the new OpenAI models: text-embedding-3-small and text-embedding-3-large. Dimensions must be bigger than 0 and smaller than the model size:

"embedders": {
  "new_model": {
    "source": "openAi",
    "model": "text-embedding-3-large",
    "dimensions": 512 // must be >0, must be <= 3072 for "text-embedding-3-large"
  },
  "legacy_model": {
    "source": "openAi",
    "model": "text-embedding-ada-002"
  }
}

You cannot customize dimensions for older OpenAI models such as text-embedding-ada-002. Setting dimensions to any value except the default size of these models will result in an error.

Done in #4375 by @Gosti.

GPU support when computing Hugging Face embeddings

Activate CUDA to use Nvidia GPUs when computing Hugging Face embeddings. This can significantly improve embedding generation speeds.

To enable GPU support through CUDA for HuggingFace embedding generation:

  1. Install CUDA dependencies
  2. Clone and compile Meilisearch with the cuda feature: cargo build --release --package meilisearch --features cuda
  3. Launch your freshly compiled Meilisearch binary
  4. Activate vector search
  5. Add a Hugging Face embedder

Done by @dureuill in #4304.

Improved indexing speed and reduced memory crashes

  • Auto-batch task deletion to reduce indexing time (#4316) @irevoire
  • Improved indexing speed for vector store (Hybrid search experimental feature indexing time more than 10 times faster) (#4332) @Kerollmops @irevoire
  • Capped the maximum memory of grenad sorters to reduce memory usage (#4388) @Kerollmops
  • Added multiple technical and internal indexing improvements (#4350) @ManyTheFish
  • Enhance facet incremental indexing (#4433) @ManyTheFish
  • Change the threshold triggering incremental indexing (#4462) @ManyTheFish

Stabilized showRankingScoreDetails

The showRankingScoreDetails search parameter, first introduce as an experimental feature in Meilisearch v1.3.0, is now a stable feature.

Use it with the /search endpoint to view detailed scores per ranking rule for each returned document:

curl \
  -X POST 'http://localhost:7700/indexes/movies/search' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{ "q": "Batman Returns", "showRankingScoreDetails": true }'

When showRankingScoreDetails is set to true, returned documents include a _rankingScoreDetails field:

"_rankingScoreDetails": {
  "words": {
    "order": 0,
    "matchingWords": 1,
    "maxMatchingWords": 1,
    "score": 1.0
  },
  "typo": {
    "order": 1,
    "typoCount": 0,
    "maxTypoCount": 1,
    "score": 1.0
  },
  "proximity": {
    "order": 2,
    "score": 1.0
  },
  "attribute": {
    "order": 3,
    "attributes_ranking_order": 0.8,
    "attributes_query_word_order": 0.6363636363636364,
    "score": 0.7272727272727273
  },
  "exactness": {
    "order": 4,
    "matchType": "noExactMatch",
    "matchingWords": 0,
    "maxMatchingWords": 1,
    "score": 0.3333333333333333
  }
}

Done by @dureuill in #4389.

Improved logging

Done by @irevoire in #4391

Log output modified

Log messages now follow a different pattern:

# new format ✅
2024-02-06T14:54:11Z INFO actix_server::builder: 200: starting 10 workers
# old format ❌
[2024-02-06T14:54:11Z INFO  actix_server::builder] starting 10 workers

⚠️ This change may impact you if you have any automated tasks based on log output.

Log output format — Experimental

You can now configure Meilisearch to output logs in JSON.

Relaunch your instance passing json to the --experimental-logs-mode command-line option:

./meilisearch --experimental-logs-mode json

--experimental-logs-format accepts two values:

  • human: default human-readable output
  • json: JSON structured logs

🗣️ This feature is experimental and we need your help to improve it! Share your thoughts and feedback on this GitHub discussion.

⚠️ Experimental features may be incompatible between Meilisearch versions.

New /logs/stream and /logs/stderr routes — Experimental

Meilisearch v1.7 introduces 2 new experimental API routes: /logs/stream and /logs/stderr.

Use the /experimental-features route to activate both routes during runtime:

curl \
  -X PATCH 'http://localhost:7700/experimental-features/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  \
--data-binary '{
    "logsRoute": true
  }'

🗣️ This feature is experimental, and we need your help to improve it! Share your thoughts and feedback on this GitHub discussion.

⚠️ Experimental features may be incompatible between Meilisearch versions.

/logs/stream

Use the POST endpoint to output logs in a stream. The following example disables actix logging and keeps all other logs at the DEBUG level:

curl \
  -X POST http://localhost:7700/logs/stream \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{
      "mode": "human",
      "target": "actix=off,debug"
    }'

This endpoint requires two paramaters:

  • target: defines the log level and on which part of the engine you want to apply it. Must be a string formatted as code_part=log_level. Omit code_part= to set a single log level for the whole strram. Valid values for log level are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, or off
  • mode: accepts fmt (basic) or profile (verbose trace)

Use the DELETE endpoint of /logs/stream to interrupt a stream:

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:7700/logs/stream

You may only have one listener at a time. Meilisearch log streams are not compatible with xh or httpie.

/logs/stderr

Use the POST endpoint to configure the default log output for non-stream logs:

curl \
  -X POST http://localhost:7700/logs/stream \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{
      "target": "debug"
    }'

/logs/stderr accepts one parameter:

  • target: defines the log level and on which part of the engine you want to apply it. Must be a string formatted as code_part=log_level. Omit code_part= to set a single log level for the whole strram. Valid values for log level are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, or off

Other improvements

Fixes 🐞

  • Make update file deletion atomic (#4435) @irevoire
  • Do not omit vectors when importing a dump (#4446) @dureuill
  • Put a bound on OpenAI timeout (#4459) @dureuill

Misc

  • Dependencies upgrade
    • Bump rustls-webpki from 0.101.3 to 0.101.7 (#4263)
    • Bump h2 from 0.3.20 to 0.3.24 (#4345)
    • Update the dependencies (#4332) @Kerollmops
  • CIs and tests
    • Update SDK test dependencies (#4293) @curquiza
    • Remove tests on nightly (#4353) @dureuill
    • Add subcommand to run benchmarks (#4445) @dureuill
  • Documentation
    • Add Setting API reminder in issue template (#4325) @ManyTheFish
    • Update README (#4319) @codesmith-emmy
    • Fix broken links in README.md (#4360) @Elliot67
  • Misc
    • Fix compilation warnings (#4295) @irevoire

❤️ Thanks again to our external contributors:

  • Meilisearch: @capJavert, @codesmith-emmy, @Elliot67 and @Gosti
  • Charabia: @agourlay, @choznerol, @ngdbao, @timvisee, and @xshadowlegendx

v1.7.0-rc.2

1 month ago

⚠️ Since this is a release candidate (RC), we do NOT recommend using it in a production environment. Is something not working as expected? We welcome bug reports and feedback about new features.

What's Changed since previous RC

Facet indexing

The facet incremental indexing has been optimized, and the threshold used to choose between bulk and incremental indexing has been changed to fit users' needs:

Benchmarks

HA

Fixes

v1.7.0-rc.1

2 months ago

⚠️ Since this is a release candidate (RC), we do NOT recommend using it in a production environment. Is something not working as expected? We welcome bug reports and feedback about new features.

What's Changed since previous RC

v1.6.2

2 months ago

Fixes 🪲